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Islamic and Indian Art

Session: Islamic and Indian Art

London, New Bond Street
10 Apr 2008, session starting at 14:30 BST

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An Ottoman metal-thread embroidered silk Strap Border Panel (hizam) made for the Holy Ka’ba, Mecca dated AH [1]334/ AD 1915-16
Sold for £72,000 inc. premium
An Ottoman metal-thread embroidered silk Strap Border Panel (hizam) made for the Holy Ka’ba, Mecca dated AH [1]334 ...
A metal-thread embroidered silk Panel made for the Tomb of the Prophet (Hujrat Al-Qabr Al-Nabawi Al-
Sold for £72,000 inc. premium
An Ottoman metal-thread embroidered silk Panel made for the Tomb of the Prophet (Hujrat Al-Qabr Al-Nabawi Al-Sharif) in Medina Period ...
A metal-thread embroidered silk Curtain from the Tomb of the Prophet (Hubr Al-Qabr Al-Nabawi Al-Sharif) in Medina Ottoman, Period of ????
Sold for £48,000 inc. premium
An Ottoman metal-thread embroidered silk Curtain from the Tomb of the Prophet (Hubr Al-Qabr Al-Nabawi Al-Sharif) in Medina Period of ...
Hajji Muzaffar of Isfahan The Call to Prayer, 1930 76 x 35cm. exhibited at the 1931 International P
Sold for £38,400 inc. premium
A large painting entitled The Call to Prayer, depicting scenes of city life, signed by Hajji Mirza Husain al-Mussavar al-Maleki ...

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Four vellum Qur'an leaves in maghribi script
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Four vellum Qur'an leaves in maghribi script North Africa or Andalusia, 13th Century(4)
Sold for £3,360 inc. premium
A large Qur'an fragment including sections from chapters Maryam, Ta'Ha, al-Anbiya, al-Hajj, al-Mu'minin, al Nour, al-Furqan, al-Shu'ara and al-Naml Syria or Egypt, 13th Century
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A large Qur'an fragment including sections from chapters Maryam, Ta'Ha, al-Anbiya, al-Hajj, al-Mu'minin, al Nour, al-Furqan, al-Shu'ara and al-Naml Syria or Egypt, 13th Century
Sold for £1,200 inc. premium
A large Qur'an leaf Anatolia or Persia, 14th Century
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A large Qur'an leaf Anatolia or Persia, 14th Century
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£800 - 1,200
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
€950 - 1,400
A Mamluk? Qur'an section (12 leaves)
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A large Qur'an section Mamluk, late 14th Century(2)
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£800 - 1,200
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
€950 - 1,400
Kitab baya' al-Ghurar wa al-Mulamassah, a vellum fragment from a compendium of Islamic law according
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Kitab Baya' al-Ghurar wa al-Mulamassah, a vellum fragment from a compendium of Islamic law according to the Maliki school, compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas, ...
Sold for £1,140 inc. premium
An early Mamluk manuscript on jurisprudence dated 1314
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Fatawi al-'Alim al-Rabbani Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani (Legal dicta of the pious scholar Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani), copied by Umar Ibn Muhammad known as Sharaf ...
Sold for £1,800 inc. premium
A Qur'an section written in gold probably Egypt or Syria, 14th Century or later
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A Qur'an section written in gold probably Egypt or Syria, 14th Century or later
Sold for £1,800 inc. premium
A Qur'an fragment including surat al-Fath Syria or Egypt, 15th Century
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A Qur'an fragment including surat al-Fath Syria or Egypt, 15th Century
Sold for £1,200 inc. premium
Abi al-Mahasin ibn 'aynin, Divan, poetry probably Ayyubid, Damascus, 13th Century
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Abi al-Mahasin ibn 'aynin, Divan, poetry probably Ayyubid, Damascus, 13th Century
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£2,000 - 3,000
US$ 3,000 - 4,600
€2,400 - 3,600
A Mamluk Qur'an leaf
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A Qur'an leaf written in muhaqqaq script in gold (sura VI, al-An'am, verse 20 (part)-24) probably Anatolia, 14th Century
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£2,000 - 3,000
US$ 3,000 - 4,600
€2,400 - 3,600
A Timurid Qu'ran Persia, 15th Century
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An early illuminated Qu'ran Timurid Persia or Ottoman Turkey, second half of 15th Century
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£4,000 - 6,000
US$ 6,100 - 9,100
€4,700 - 7,100
Turcoman Khamsa leaf
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An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Persian poetry depicting the enthroned Bahram in a landscape after killing two lions Persia, Turkman, circa 1500
Sold for £2,160 inc. premium
Assar Tabrizi, Mihr u Mushtari with five miniatures Tabriz, circa 1520(3)
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Assar Tabrizi, Mihr u Mushtari with five miniatures Tabriz, circa 1520(3)
Sold for £1,560 inc. premium
Abdullah Hatifi Kharjirdi, Khusrau u Shirin, with three miniatures Persia, circa 1570
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Abdullah Hatifi Kharjirdi, Khusrau u Shirin, with three miniatures Persia, circa 1570
Sold for £4,560 inc. premium
A female personification with a wreath Mughal,
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A recumbent winged allegorical figure holding a long quill, laurel wreath and an open manuscript, seated amongst clouds accompanied by winged putti School of Muhammad ...
Sold for £6,000 inc. premium
Hafiz, Divan, copied by Abdullah ibn Shaykh Murshid al-Katib Persia, mid-16th Century(2)
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Hafiz, Divan, copied by Abdullah ibn Shaykh Murshid al-Katib Persia, mid-16th Century(2)
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£1,000 - 1,500
US$ 1,500 - 2,300
€1,200 - 1,800
An Ottoman manuscript with decoupe cover, and a Persian verse manuscript
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Sa'di, Gulistan, copied by Muhammad Reza Persia, 17th Century
Sold for £1,080 inc. premium
Kitab al-Tu'am
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Kitab al-Ta'am, a treatise on food according to the Hadith probably Eastern Persia, early 17th Century
Sold for £7,200 inc. premium
A large Qur'an leaf in gold and black muhaqqaq script (sura....??) Persia, probably Shiraz, mid-16th
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A large Qur'an leaf in gold and black muhaqqaq script (sura Muhammad, the Prophet, XLVII, verses 4 (part)-20 (part)) Persia, probably Shiraz, mid-16th Century
Sold for £840 inc. premium
Persian pharmacopia
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Muhammad Mu'min bin Muhammad Zaman Husaini Tunakabuni Daylami, Tuhfat al-Mu'minin, a comprehensive pharmacopoeia of simple and compound medicines, dedicated to the Safavid Shah Sulayman (1666-1694) ...
Sold for £12,000 inc. premium
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